Wireless perception system energy and information transmission method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm

ABSTRACT

The present invention discloses a wireless perception system energy and information transmission method of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm, comprising: building a wireless perception system architecture based on multi-UAV energy supply, wherein the system comprises a plurality of wireless powered sensors and a UAV swarm, and each sensor establishes connection with a UAV based on random access to realize network construction; designing energy and information transmission protocols in the swarm and between the swarm and the sensors, designing a joint optimization algorithm and solving optimal system configuration to obtain optimal transmission strategies. The present invention firstly proposes a joint optimization method of multi-network power allocation, time slot design and beam forming under the condition of multi-UAV autonomous collaborative energy supply, and also provides an efficient and reliable communication means for autonomous cooperative control of the UAV swarm.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the technical field of autonomouscoordination of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms, and in particularto a wireless perception system energy and information transmissionmethod of a UAV swarm.

BACKGROUND

In recent years, with the vigorous development of the wirelesscommunication technology, the Internet of Things technology has beenrapidly popularized and widely used. At present, intelligent perceptionnetworks based on low power sensors have been widely used in variousfields such as environmental monitoring, medical care and smart cities.However, in order to satisfy, the miniaturization and light-weightrequirements of wireless sensors, the battery capacity is generallylimited. The problem of sustainable energy supply becomes a developmentbottleneck of wireless perception networks, and limits the large-scaledeployment. Wireless power transmission (WPT) is regarded as an idealsolution to solve the long-term stable power supply of wireless sensornetworks. Compared with the traditional energy acquisition modes ofsolar energy conversion and mechanical energy conversion, WPT has thecharacteristic of high controllability in power transmission, signalwaveform and time-frequency resource allocation, and has obviousadvantages. Based on WPT technology, domestic and foreign scholars haveconducted a lot of, related research.

At present, the WPT technology is mainly based on two frames: in 2013,R. Zhang et, al. proposed a simultaneous wireless information and powertransfer (SWIPT) method, simultaneously designed a receiver structurebased on time switching and power splitting protocols and proved thatthe SWIPT was feasible in theory and in practice. After 2014, thewireless powered communication, network (WPCN) was also proposed. Thistechnology does not require a complicated receiver structure and hasgood practicability. So far, based on the above two frames, the relaytechnology, the multi-antenna technology, the sensor coordinationtechnology and the like have achieved good integration with the WPTtechnology, making it possible to use wireless powered sensors forperception and data collection.

However, the WPT technology faces serious double near-far effects inpractical applications: because the WPT technology uses a radiofrequency signal as a carrier for energy transmission, propagation lossbecomes more serious with the increase of distance. Therefore, farthersensors often obtain less energy, but need to consume more energy in theprocess of transmitting perception, data back. The double far-neareffects seriously affect the coverage range of the WPT technology,making it inapplicable to large-scale wireless perception systems. Aneffective method to solve the double near-far effects is to deploymultiple access points (AP). In a multi-AP scenario, the sensor canobtain energy from multiple APs at the same time, and by reasonablydesigning the transmission power of each AP, the coverage range of eachAP can be effectively adjusted, and the energy harvested by each sensorcan be balanced, to improve the overall performance of the system.

At present, there is no research in China and abroad to jointly designand improve the coverage range of the wireless perception system in theautonomous collaborative energy supply scenario of a UAV swarm.Considering that the practical use scenario of the wireless poweredperception system generally has the characteristic of difficulty inarrival or high danger, an urgent problem to be solved by those skilledin the art is to provide an efficient and reliable wireless perceptionsystem energy and information transmission method of a UAV swarm.

SUMMARY

In view of this, the present invention provides a wireless perceptionsystem energy and information transmission method of a UAV swarm.

To achieve the above purpose, the present invention adopts the followingtechnical solution:

A wireless perception system energy and information transmission methodof a UAV swarm comprises the following steps:

building a wireless perception system architecture based on autonomousand collaborative energy supply of a UAV swarm, wherein the wirelessperception system architecture comprises K wireless powered sensorspre-arranged at perception positions and a freely movable UAV swarm, theUAV swarm comprises N UAVs, and each perception subnet comprises a UAVand M sensors managed by the UAV; in the wireless perception systemarchitecture, the UAVs are all provided with A antennas, and the sensorsare only provided with a single antenna due to limitations of size andcost;

in the wireless perception system architecture, when perception isrequired, the UAV swarm arrives at a designated region to performwireless energy transmission and wireless information transmission onthe sensors; each transmission process comprises two stages: a wirelessenergy harvesting (WEH) stage and a wireless information transmission(WIT) stage;

based on the wireless perception system architecture, establishing ajoint optimization model by combining a power allocation weight W, areceiving beam forming weight B and a time division factor τ in the UAVswarm, and solving optimal system configuration to obtain an optimaltransmission strategy; maximizing the total throughput of a sensoruplink under the constraints of data throughput in the UAV swarm;

the joint optimization model is:

${( {P1} ):\max\limits_{w,B,\tau}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}{\xi_{i}{C_{i}( {W,B_{ij},\tau} )}}}}\begin{matrix}{s.t.} & \begin{matrix}{{C1:W} \pm W^{lb}} \\{{{C2:{WW}^{H}} = 1},} \\{{C3:{B_{ij}}^{o}\ 1_{1 \times A}},} \\{{C4:\tau^{lb}} \leq \tau < {1.}}\end{matrix}\end{matrix}$

where ξ_(i) is an importance factor and ξ_(i)>0; C_(i)(W, B_(ij), τ) isthe total throughput in the i^(th) subnet; B_(ij) is a receiving beamforming weight vector; w_(i) ^(lb) is a lower bound of the i^(th)element of a power allocation weight vector W; W^(H) represents theconjugate transpose of the vector W; and τ^(lb) is a lower bound of thetime division factor τ;

C1, C2 and C3 are constraints; C1 is a data throughput constraint in theUAV swarm; W^(lb)∈└^(1×N) is a vector with w_(i) ^(lb) as an element,and represents the lower bound of W; C2 constrains the total power ofthe wireless energy harvesting (WEH) stage to be constant P; C3 meansthat the receiving beam forming weight cannot exceed 1 because there isno extra energy for signal amplification, where 1_(1×A) represents anall-1 vector of size 1×A; C4 limits the upper and lower bounds of thetime division factor;

the step of solving optimal system configuration comprises:

S1. setting the maximum number of optimizations and a convergencethreshold, setting initial values of W, B and τ, and calculating acommon parameter;

S2. conducting optimal value search in a feasible region [τ^(lb),1)through a golden section search algorithm to obtain τ*, and updating thecommon parameter, optimizing W under a new common parameter to obtainW*, and updating the common parameter; optimizing B under a new commonparameter to obtain B*, and updating the common parameter; obtaining anew τ* again through the golden section search algorithm under a newcommon parameter, and updating the common parameter;

S3. repeating S2 until a difference between two adjacent optimizationsis less than the convergence threshold or reaches the maximum number ofoptimizations, to obtain final W*, B* and τ*.

It should be noted that:

In the practical application process, the optimization order of W, B andτ can be changed. Experiments show that the difference of theoptimization orders of W, B and τ has a certain influence on theconvergence speed of the algorithm. Firstly, optimization of τ hashigher convergence speed in most cases.

The optimal transmission strategy is obtained on the basis ofmathematical representation of wireless energy transmission and wirelessdata communication transmitting-receiving process, and analysis ofenergy harvesting performance of each sensor node and informationtransmitting-receiving performance of each UAV node, including:

(1) Channel Model

The channel parameters of radio frequency signals are mainly affected bypropagation loss, shadow effect and multipath reflection. A path lossmodel adopted by the present invention isPL(d,f)=PL′(d,f)·X

where PL′ is spatial propagation loss; d represents a spatial distancebetween a transmitter and a receiver, f represents signal transmissionfrequency; and X is a fading factor caused by the shadow effect andmultipath reflection.

2) Analysis of Information Transmission Throughput in the Swarm

Assuming that the total transmission power of the UAV swarm in the WEHstage is P and W=[w₁, . . . , w_(N)] is the power allocation weight(WW^(H)=1) of each UAV, then the total transmission power of the UAV iis:P _(U) ^(i) =w _(i) ² P

Because the transmission power of each UAV is evenly distributed on

$\frac{A}{2}$transmitting antennas, the transmission power of a single antenna of theUAV i can be expressed as

$\frac{2w_{i}^{2}P}{A}$(i=1, . . . , N), and a transmitting signal is:

${\hat{x}}_{U}^{i} = {\sqrt{\frac{2P}{A}}w_{i}x_{U}^{i}}$

where x_(U) ^(i) is a unit power signal carrying the state informationof the UAV i, i.e., E[|x_(U) ^(i)|²]=1. A channel between the UAV i andk (k=1, . . . , N) is represented as J_(ik)∈|^(A/2×A/2), and a maximumratio combination method is adopted for multi-antenna reception.Therefore, the receiving weight can be represented asV_(ik)=Ĵ_(ik)/|Ĵ_(ik)|, where the vector Ĵ_(ik)∈└^(1×A/2) is obtained bysumming the channel matrix J_(ik) by column. The signal-to-noise ratioof a signal received by the UAV k from the UAV i is:

$\Gamma_{ik} = \frac{ {2Pw_{i}^{2}} \middle| {{\overset{\hat{}}{J}}_{ik}V_{ik}^{H}} |^{2}}{ {A\sigma_{U}^{2}} \middle| V_{ik} |^{2}}$

where σ_(U) ² is noise power on a single antenna of the UAV. The lengthof each transmission time block is represented as T, and then the lengthin the WEH stage is τT, where τ is a time division factor and thethroughput between the UAVs i to k can be represented as:r _(ik) =τT log₂(1+Γ_(ik))

The minimum throughput requirement for the UAVs i to k (k≠i) is set asY_(ik), and r_(ik)≥Y_(ik) needs to be satisfied. At this moment:

${w_{i} \geq \sqrt{( {2^{\frac{Y_{ik}}{\tau T}} - 1} )\frac{ {A\sigma_{U}^{2}} \middle| V_{ik} |^{2}}{ {2P} \middle| {{\overset{\hat{}}{J}}_{ik}V_{ik}^{H}} |^{2}}}} = ( w_{i}^{ib} )^{k}$

Because w_(i) needs to be greater than all (w_(i) ^(lb))^(k) at the sametime, it can be obtainedw _(i)≥Max[(w _(i) ^(lb))^(k)]=w _(i) ^(lb)

Similarly, there is a lower bound for τ

${\tau \geq {{Max}\lbrack \frac{\gamma_{ik}}{T{\log_{2}( {1 + \Gamma_{ik}} )}} \rbrack}} = \tau^{lb}$

(3) Analysis of Energy Harvested by Sensor

The quantity of the sensors in each subnet is defined. H_(k)^(ij)∈└^(1×A/2) is a channel vector from the UAV k to the k^(th) sensorS_(ij) (j=1, . . . , M) in the subnet i; and noise power on a singleantenna of the sensor is σ_(S) ². An energy harvesting model can beexpressed as a linear function P_(harvest)=ηP_(input), where η(0<η<1) isconversion efficiency, and in the WEH stage, the total energy harvestedby S_(ij) is:

$E_{S}^{ij} = {{{\eta\tau}{T( {\frac{ {2P} \middle| {WH_{ij}^{H}} |^{2}}{A} + \sigma_{S}^{2}} )}} \approx \frac{ {2\eta\tau TP} \middle| {WH_{ij}^{H}} |^{2}}{A}}$

where H_(ij)=[(H₁ ^(ij))^(H), (H₂ ^(ij))^(H), . . . , (H_(N) ^(ij))^(H)]represents a channel matrix from the UAV swarm to the sensor S_(ij).

(4) Analysis of Sensor Uplink Throughput

In the WIT stage, the transmission time of each sensor is

$\frac{( {1 - \tau} )T}{M},$and then the transmission power of the sensor S_(ij) can be expressedas:

$P_{S}^{ij} = {\frac{E_{S}^{ij}}{( {1 - \tau} ){T/M}} = \frac{ {2M\eta\tau P} \middle| {WH}_{ij}^{H} |^{2}}{( {1 - \tau} )A}}$

Because the UAV does not transmit signals in the WIT stage, A antennascan be used for data reception. G_(kj) ^(i)∈└^(A×1) is a channel vectorfrom the sensor S_(kj) to the UAV i, x_(S) ^(kj) is a unit power signalcarrying the perception information of the sensor S_(kj), i.e., E[|x_(S)^(kj)|²]=1. To suppress the interference from the sensors in adjacentsubnets, multi-antenna weighted reception is conducted at the UAV toimprove the signal-to-noise ratio. For the UAV i, when the data of thej^(th) sensor in the subnets is received, the receiving beam formingweight vector is expressed as B_(ij)∈└^(1×A), and a received signal is:

$y_{U}^{ij} = {B_{ij}( {{\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{N}{G_{kj}^{i}\sqrt{P_{S}^{kj}}x_{S}^{kj}}} + n_{U}} )}$

where n_(U)=[n_(U) ¹, n_(U) ², . . . , n_(U) ^(A)]^(H) is the antennanoise of the UAV, and n_(U) ^(a) CN (0, σn_(U) ²). Therefore, thesignal-to-noise ratio of the received signal of the UAV i in time slot jis:

$\gamma_{ij} = \frac{ P_{S}^{ij} \middle| {B_{ij}G_{ij}^{i}} |^{2}}{ {\sum\limits_{{k = 1},{k \neq i}}^{N}P_{S}^{kj}} \middle| {B_{ij}G_{kj}^{i}} \middle| {}_{2}{+ | B_{ij} \middle| {}_{2}\sigma_{U}^{2} } }$

The total throughput in the i^(th) subnet is:

${C_{i}( {W,B_{ij},\tau} )} = {}{{\frac{( {1 - \tau} )T}{M}{\log_{2}( {1 + \gamma_{ij}} )}} = {\frac{( {1 - \tau} )T}{M}{\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{M}{{\log_{2}( {1 + \frac{2{MP}{\eta\tau}{❘{WH}_{ij}^{H}❘}^{2}{❘{B_{ij}G_{ij}^{i}}❘}^{2}}{{\sum\limits_{{k = 1},{k \neq i}}^{N}{2{MP}{\eta\tau}{❘{WH}_{kj}^{H}❘}^{2}{❘{B_{ij}G_{kj}^{i}}❘}^{2}}} + {{A( {1 - \tau} )}{❘B_{ij}❘}^{2}\sigma_{U}^{2}}}} )}.}}}}$

Preferably, the sensors are awakened after receiving an energy signal,and broadcast an access request to the UAV swarm after obtainingsufficient energy, each UAV selects M=K/N sensors with the best channelstate within a range, and broadcasts indexes of selected sensors in theswarm; for unselected sensors, the UAV with the best channel state isdesignated to be responsible for information receiving; then, theremaining sensors are distributed according to channel states to formperception subnets; each of the perception subnets comprises a UAV and Msensors managed by the UAV;

each UAV in the swarm shares the own state through a broadcast channelto realize joint control of swarm transmission strategies;

the sensors are operated in a half-duplex mode in f_(S) band and the UAVis operated in a full-duplex mode in f_(U) band.

Preferably, in the WEH stage, sensor energy harvesting and broadcastcommunication in the swarms are conducted; during the period, all UAVsadopt an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technology,and broadcast own state information to other UAV nodes in the swarm atthe same time; A antennas are equally divided into transmitting antennasand receiving antennas to realize full-duplex communication; meanwhile,the sensors use radio frequency signals radiated during communication inthe UAV swarm for conducting energy harvesting for data transmission inthe WIT stage; the WIT stage is distributed to the sensors for uploadingperception data, and the transmission time of the WIT stage is equallydivided into M time slots; and in a j^(th) time slot, j^(th) sensors inall the subnets simultaneously use the harvested energy to sendperception information to corresponding UAVs, and realize point-to-pointcommunication through fixed channels.

Preferably, the specific contents of conducting optimal value search ina feasible region [τ^(lb),1) through a golden section search algorithmto obtain an optimal solution τ* of the time division factor in S2comprise:

fixing B and W as constants, and making χ_(ij)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i)^(N)2MPη|WH_(kj) ^(H)|²|B_(ij)G_(kj) ^(i)|²

ψ_(ij)=2MPη|WH_(ij) ^(H)|²|B_(ij)G_(ij) ^(i)|², then τ* is:

${\max\limits_{\tau}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}{\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{M}{\xi_{i}\frac{( {1 - \tau} )T}{M}{\log_{2}( {1 + \frac{\tau\psi_{ij}}{{\chi_{ij}\tau} + {{A( {1 - \tau} )}{❘B_{ij}❘}^{2}\sigma_{U}^{2}}}} )}}}}}\begin{matrix}{s.t.} & {\tau^{lb} \leq \tau < 1.}\end{matrix}$

where χ_(ij) and ψ_(ij) are intermediate variables used to simplifymathematical description; P is the total transmission power of the UAVswarm in the WEH stage; η is conversion efficiency and 0<η<1; H_(k)^(ij)∈└^(1×A/2) is a channel vector from the UAV k to the j^(th) sensorS_(ij) in the perception subnet i; and H_(ij)=[(H₁ ^(ij))^(H), (H₂^(ij))^(H), . . . , (H_(N) ^(ij))^(H)] represents a channel matrix fromthe UAV swarm to the sensor S_(ij).

It should be noted that:

χ_(ij) and ψ_(ij) are intermediate variables introduced to simplifymathematical description, and have no practical physical significance.Without simplifying the description, the expression of an optimizationproblem may become complex and obscure.

Preferably, the specific contents of optimizing W under a new commonparameter to obtain an optimal solution W* of the power allocationweight in S2 comprise:

fixing B and τ as constants, and defining Q_(ij) ^(n)(B_(ij),τ)=Σ_(k=1)^(N)2MPητ|B_(ij)G_(kj) ^(i)|², |H_(kj)|²+A(1−τ)σ_(U) ²|B_(ij)|² I_(N)and Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i) ^(N)2MPητ|B_(ij)G_(kj)^(i)|²|H_(kj)|²+A(1−τ)σ_(U) ²|B_(ij)|²I_(N),

then W* is:

${( {P3} ):\underset{W}{\max}\frac{W{Q_{ij}^{n}( {B_{ij},\tau} )}W^{H}}{W{Q_{ij}^{d}( {B_{ij},\tau} )}W^{H}}}{{{{s.t.C}1:W} \pm W^{lb}},{{C2:{WW}^{H}} = 1.}}$

where G_(kj) ^(i)∈└^(A×1) is a channel vector from the sensor S_(kj) tothe UAV i; H_(k) ^(ij)∈└^(1×A/2) is a channel vector from the UAV k tothe j^(th) sensor S_(ij) in the perception subnet {dot over (r)};H_(ij)=[(H₁ ^(ij))^(H), (H₂ ^(ij))^(H), . . . , (H_(N) ^(ij))^(H)]represents a channel matrix from the UAV swarm to the sensor S_(ij);σ_(U) ² is the noise power on the single antenna of the UAV; and I_(N)is an N-order unit matrix.

It should be further noted that:

The objective function in the above formula can be solved by solving theeigenvector of the matrix Q_(ij)=[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]⁻¹Q_(ij)^(n)(B_(ij),τ). Firstly, the above formula is divided into M×N separateoptimization problems, and W_(ij)=[w_(ij) ¹, w_(ij) ², . . . , w_(ij)^(N)] is used to represent a copy of W in the separate optimizationproblems. To transform into a standard Rayleigh quotient, a new variableK_(ij)=W_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(1/2) is introduced, and thenW_(ij)=K_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(−1/2) exists.

The solving process of (P3) is:

Firstly, (P3) is divided into M×N separate optimization problems, andthe eigenvector of the matrix Q_(ij)=[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]⁻¹Q_(ij)^(n)(B_(ij), τ) is solved to solve W_(ij)*.

Secondly, a new variable K_(ij)=W_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(1/2) isintroduced to transform an optimization objective into a standardRayleigh quotient form, and a transformational relationW_(ij)=K_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(−1/2) is obtained.

Next, in order to satisfy C1, w_(ij) ^(k) which does not reach the lowerbound is forcibly set as the lower bound (w_(ij) ^(k))^(lb), and thecorrected allocation weight vector is defined as Ŵ_(ij), and {circumflexover (K)}_(ij)=Ŵ_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(1/2).

Moreover, the matrix Q_(ij) is corrected and recorded as {circumflexover (Q)}_(ij) so that the matrix still satisfies the eigenvaluedefinition {circumflex over (K)}_(ij){circumflex over(Q)}_(ij)=β{circumflex over (K)}_(ij), where β_(ij) is a maximumeigenvalue of Q_(ij).

Then, Eigmaxv({circumflex over (Q)}_(ij)) is recalculated; and theelement forcibly set as the lower bound is fixed, normalized andrecorded as K_(ij)* to obtain W_(ij)*=K_(ij)*[Q_(ij)^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(−1/2).

Finally, based on weighted approximation, W_(ij)* is transformed intoW*, and the weighting coefficient is set as ρ_(ij), =ξ_(i)α_(ij).

Preferably, the specific contents of optimizing B under a new commonparameter to obtain an optimal solution B* of the receiving beam formingweight in S2 comprise:

fixing W and τ as constants, defining D_(U) ^(n)*(W,τ)=Σ_(k=1)^(N)2MPητ|WH_(kj) ^(H)|²|G_(kj) ^(i)|²+A (1−τ)σ_(U) ²I_(A) and D_(ij)^(d)(W,τ)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i) ^(N)2MPητ|WH_(kj) ^(H)|²|G_(kj) ^(i)|²+A (1−τ)σ²_(U)I_(A), and then solving a maximum value of throughput C(B) tooptimize receiving beam forming:

${C(B)} = {\frac{( {1 - \tau} )T}{M}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}{\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{M}{\xi_{i}{\log_{2}( \frac{B_{ij}{D_{ij}^{n}( {W,\tau} )}B_{ij}^{H}}{{B_{ij}D_{ij}^{d}},{( {W,\tau} )B_{ij}^{H}}} )}}}}}$

where every logarithmic term is a generalized Rayleigh quotient; for theUAV i, when the data from the j^(th) sensor in the subnets is received,the receiving beam forming weight vector is expressed as B_(ij)∈└^(1×A);D_(ij) ^(n) and D_(ij) ^(d) are intermediate variables used to simplifythe mathematical description.

It should be noted that B_(ij) is independent. Therefore, in order toobtain the maximum value of C(B), the optimal solution of the vectorB_(ij) is only required to be found. Considering the monotonicity oflogarithmic functions, the maximum value of C(B) is solved by solvingthe optimal solution of the vector B_(ij) respectively, namely:

${( {P2} ):\max\limits_{B_{ij}}\frac{B_{ij}{D_{ij}^{n}( {W,\tau} )}B_{ij}^{H}}{B_{ij}{D_{ij}^{d}( {W,\tau} )}B_{ij}^{H}}}{{s.t.\ C}1:B_{ij}{^\circ}\ {1_{1 \times A}.}}$

According to a Rayleigh quotient theory, the optimal solution of B_(ij)is obtained by solving an eigenvector corresponding to a maximumeigenvalue of the matrix D_(ij)=[D_(ij) ^(d)(W,τ)]⁻¹D_(ij) ^(n)(W,τ),and the calculation of solving the optimal solution of B_(ij) is definedas Eigmaxv(⋅), thenB _(ij)*=Eigmaxv(D _(ij))

B_(ij)* is calculated separately to obtain each column in the matrix B*,to obtain B*.

It should be further noted that:

There are two main differences between (P3) and (P2).

The first difference is that in (P2), due to the existence of the lowerbound, the obtained eigenvector needs to be corrected: firstly, in orderto satisfy C1, w_(ij) ^(k) which does not reach the lower bound needs tobe forcibly set as the lower bound (w_(ij) ^(k))^(lb), and the correctedallocation weight vector is defined as Ŵ_(ij) and {circumflex over(K)}_(ij)=Ŵ_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(1/2). Then, on this basis, thematrix Q_(ij) is corrected and recorded as {circumflex over (Q)}_(ij) sothat the matrix still satisfies the eigenvalue definition {circumflexover (K)}_(ij){circumflex over (Q)}_(ij)=β{circumflex over (K)}_(ij),where β_(ij) is a maximum eigenvalue of Q_(ij). Finally,Eigmaxv({circumflex over (Q)}_(ij)) is recalculated; and the elementforcibly set as the lower bound is fixed, normalized and recorded asK_(ij)* to obtain W_(ij)*=K_(ij)*[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(−1/2).

The second difference is that, because W is shared by M×N individualoptimization problems, W_(ij)* also needs to be converted to W*. Aweighted approximation method is adopted in the present invention. Aweighting coefficient is set as ρ_(ij)=ξ_(i)α_(ij), where ξ_(i) is theimportance factor of each subnet, and α_(ij) is the maximum throughputof the sensor S_(ij) under W_(ij)*. The method can obtain a suboptimalW*, but can ensure the monitoring effect of key subnets and the normaloperation of the sensors far away from the UAV.

According to the above detailed discussion, the receiving beam formingoptimization can be solved by the Rayleigh quotient theory; the powerallocation weight can be solved by Rayleigh quotient and weightedapproximation; and the time division factor can be determined based onthe golden section search algorithm. Based on the above conclusion, eachoptimization variable can be optimized and updated alternately. The mainidea is: firstly, the remaining optimization variables are regarded asfixed values; the optimal value of a variable is solved and the commonparameter is updated; then the remaining variables are optimized insequence according to the method; at this moment, an alternateoptimization is completed; and the above process is repeated until thepreset optimization frequency or algorithm convergence is reached, toobtain the final parameters of the solved joint optimization.

It can be seen from the above technical solutions that, compared withthe prior art, the present invention discloses and provides a wirelessperception system energy and information transmission method for a UAVswarm. With respect to the defects of small coverage range and seriousdouble near-far effects of a wireless power supply network, the presentinvention proposes to expand the coverage range of a data acquisitionsystem through network division and multi-UAV collaboration, so as tosuppress the double near-far effects. The present invention fullyconsiders extra energy and interference in a multi-network environment,and the constructed system model is more accurate. In addition, thetraditional infinite energy transmission solution cannot make full useof the energy of radio frequency signals. However, the present inventionrecovers the signals radiated during information interaction in the UAVswarm to charge the sensors, to maximize the network energy efficiency.The technology of the present invention can be widely used in variousfields of regular bridge detection, farmland monitoring and the like,and has strong practical application value.

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To more clearly describe the technical solution in the embodiments ofthe present invention or in the prior art, the drawings required to beused in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will besimply presented below. Apparently, the drawings in the followingdescription are merely the embodiments of the present invention, and forthose ordinary skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtainedaccording to the provided drawings without contributing creative labor.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a wireless perception system energy andinformation transmission method of a UAV swarm provided by embodimentsof the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a multi-UAV autonomous collaborativedata acquisition system model in a wireless perception system energy andinformation transmission method of a UAV swarm provided by embodimentsof the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a transmission protocol in a wirelessperception system energy and information transmission method of a UAVswarm provided by embodiments of the present invention.

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The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention willbe clearly and fully described below in combination with the drawings inthe embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the describedembodiments are merely part of the embodiments of the present invention,not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the presentinvention, all other embodiments obtained by those ordinary skilled inthe art without contributing creative labor will belong to theprotection scope of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless perceptionsystem energy and information transmission method of a UAV swarm, asshown in FIG. 1 , which comprises the following specific contents:

(1) Networking Process

K wireless powered sensors are pre-arranged at perception positions.When perception is required, the UAV swarm arrives at a designatedregion to conduct wireless energy transmission for the sensors. Thesensors are awakened after receiving an energy signal, and broadcast anaccess request to the UAV swarm after obtaining sufficient energy. EachUAV selects M=K/N sensors with the best channel state within a range,and broadcasts indexes of selected sensors in the swarm; for unselectedsensors, the UAV with the best channel state is forced to be responsiblefor receiving the information; then, the remaining sensors aredistributed according to channel states; and a perception subnet isformed by each UAV and M sensors managed by the UAV.

(2) Time Slot Allocation

In the WEH stage, all UAVs use OFDM technology to simultaneouslybroadcast state information to other nodes in the swarm; and A/2antennas are selected as transmitting antennas, and other A/2 antennasare selected as receiving antennas to achieve full-duplex communication.The sensors acquire energy from radio frequency signals radiated fromthe UAV swarm, and the energy is stored in supercapacitors or batteries.In the WIT phase, the sensors in the subnet are communicated with theconnected UAVs in sequence in the allocated time slots; all subnetsconduct the above process at the same time; and the UAVs only conductpoint-to-point communication with a single sensor in the subnets in eachtime slot.

(1) Channel Model Setting

By referring to a path loss model based on propagation loss, shadoweffect and multipath reflection, signal loss in a channel propagationprocess can be expressed as:

${Ch} = 10^{\frac{{PL}({d,f})}{20}}$

In an open scenario, the space between the UAVs and the sensors can beapproximated as a free space.

2) Analysis of Information Transmission Throughput in the Swarm

The total transmission power of the UAV swarm is P. According to thecomprehensive settings of data amount of perception tasks, UAV batterycapacity and overall acquisition time, through power allocation, it canbe known that the transmission power of UAV i is:P _(U) ^(i) =w _(i) ² P

The UAV modulates the state information x_(U) ^(i) on an orthogonalcarrier in f_(U) band and evenly distributes the transmission power onthe transmitting antenna, and a transmitting signal is

${\overset{\hat{}}{x}}_{U}^{i} = {\sqrt{\frac{2P}{A}}w_{i}x_{U}^{i}}$

At the same time, in order to improve a signal-to-noise ratio, a maximumratio combining technology is used on the remaining antennas to conductmulti-antenna diversity reception. The weight is determined by thereceived signal strength on each antenna. Because the transmittingsignal of each antenna is identical, the weight V_(ik) can be obtaineddirectly through the channel state, and the signal-to-noise ratio of thesignal received by the UAV k from the UAV i is solved as

$\Gamma_{ik} = \frac{2{Pw}_{i}^{2}{❘{{\overset{\hat{}}{J}}_{ik}V_{ik}^{H}}❘}^{2}}{A\sigma_{U}^{2}{❘V_{ik}❘}^{2}}$

According to Shannon's theorem, the throughput between the UAVs i and kis obtained:r _(ik) =τT log₂(1+Γ_(ik))

(3) Analysis of Harvesting Amount of Sensor Energy

In a network with low power consumption, the energy harvesting model canbe expressed as a linear function P_(harvest)=ηP_(input). Because noisepower is small, noise power is not considered in energy harvesting, andthe total energy harvested by the sensor S_(ij) in the WEH stage iscalculated:

$E_{S}^{ij} = {{\eta\tau{T( {\frac{2P{❘{WH}_{ij}^{H}❘}^{2}}{A} + \sigma_{S}^{2}} )}} \approx \frac{2{\eta\tau}{TP}{❘{WH}_{ij}^{H}❘}^{2}}{A}}$

(4) Analysis of Sensor Uplink Throughput

In the WIT stage, each sensor consumes all energy for data transmission,and the transmission power is solved as

$P_{S}^{ij} = {\frac{E_{S}^{ij}}{( {1 - \tau} ){T/M}} = \frac{2M{\eta\tau}P{❘{WH}_{ij}^{H}❘}^{2}}{( {1 - \tau} )A}}$

In time slot j, the J^(th) sensors in all the subnets simultaneouslymodulate the signal x_(S) ^(kj) carrying perception information atfrequency f_(S). It should be noted that in the access stage, if thechannel states of two sensors are similar at the UAV i, the two sensorsare considered to be at similar distances from the UAV i. If more thantwo UAVs report that the two sensors are at similar distances, the twosensors are considered to be close in space. If the two sensors areconnected to different UAVs, the two sensors are allocated to differenttime slots to avoid interference. The receiving beam forming is achievedby multi-antenna diversity weighting, and the signal-to-noise ratio ofthe received signal of the UAV i in time slot j is:

$\gamma_{ij} = \frac{P_{S}^{ij}{❘{B_{ij}G_{ij}^{i}}❘}^{2}}{{\sum\limits_{{k = 1},{k \neq i}}^{N}{P_{S}^{kj}{❘{B_{ij}G_{kj}^{i}}❘}^{2}}} + {{❘B_{ij}❘}^{2}\sigma_{U}^{2}}}$

According to Shannon's theorem, the total thro put of all the subnets is

${C( {W,B,\tau} )} = {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}{\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{M}{\frac{( {1 - \tau} )T}{M}{\log_{2}( {1 + \gamma_{ij}} )}}}}$

(1) Construction of the Overall Optimization Problem

Knowing the total throughput expression and constraints, for the powerallocation weight W of optimization variables, the receiving beamforming matrix B and the time division factor τ, the overalloptimization problem can be directly constructed as follows:

${\max\limits_{W,B,\tau}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}{\xi_{i}{C_{i}( {W,B_{ij},\tau} )}}}}\begin{matrix}{{{{s.t.\text{}C}1:W} \pm W^{lb}},} \\{{{C2:{WW}^{H}} = 1},} \\{{C3:B_{ij}{^\circ}\ 1_{1 \times A}},} \\{{C4:\tau^{lb}} \leq \tau < {1.}}\end{matrix}$

(2) Optimization of Receiving Beam Forming Weight

Firstly, W and τ are set as constants. In order to increase theconvergence speed, W is set as an equal-weight allocation vector, and τis set as a median value (τ^(lb)+1)/2 of a feasible interval. Then, thematrices D_(ij) ^(n)(W,τ)=Σ_(k=1) ^(N)2MPητ|WH_(kj) ^(H)|²|G_(ij)^(i)|²+A(1−τ)σ_(U) ²I_(A) and D_(ij) ^(d)(W,τ)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i)^(N)2MPητ|WH_(kj) ^(H)|²|G_(kj) ^(i)|²+A(1−τ)σ_(U) ²I_(A) arecalculated, and a separate optimization problem of B_(ij) isconstructed:

${\max\limits_{B_{ij}}\frac{B_{ij}{D_{ij}^{n}( {W,\tau} )}B_{ij}^{H}}{B_{ij}{D_{ij}^{d}( {W,\tau} )}B_{ij}^{H}}}\begin{matrix}{s.t.} & {C1:{B_{ij}}^{{^\circ}}{1_{1 \times A}.}}\end{matrix}$

Then, the eigenvector corresponding to the largest eigenvalue of thematrix D_(ij)=[D_(ij) ^(d)(W,τ)]⁻¹D_(ij) ^(n)(W,τ) is solved. In orderto satisfy the constraints, the eigenvector needs to be normalized.

(3) Optimization of Power Allocation Weight

Similarly, to optimize W, we firstly fix B and τ as constants, where allB_(ij) are set as equal-weight receiving vectors, and τ is set as(τ^(lb)+1)/2. On this basis, Q_(ij) ^(n)(B_(ij),τ)=Σ_(k=1)^(N)2MPητ|B_(ij)G_(kj) ^(i)|²|H_(kj)|²+A(1−τ)|B_(ij)|²σ_(U) ²I_(N) andQ_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i) ^(N)2MPητ|B_(ij)G_(kj)^(i)|²|H_(kj)|²+A(1−τ)|B_(ij)|²σ_(U) ²I_(N) are calculated, and theoptimization problem of the power allocation weight is simplified as

${\max\limits_{W}\frac{W{Q_{ij}^{n}( {B_{ij},\tau} )}W^{H}}{W{Q_{ij}^{d}( {B_{ij},\tau} )}W^{H}}}\begin{matrix}{{{{s.t.\text{}C}1:W} \pm W^{lb}},} \\{{C2:{WW}^{H}} = {1.}}\end{matrix}$

The solving process is:

Firstly, (P3) is divided into M×N separate optimization problems, andthe eigenvector of the matrix Q_(ij)=[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]⁻¹Q_(ij)^(n)(B_(ij),τ) is solved to solve W_(ij)*.

Secondly, a new variable K_(ij)=W_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij), τ)]^(1/2) isintroduced to transform an optimization objective into a standardRayleigh quotient form, and a transformational relationW_(ij)=K_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(−1/2) is obtained.

Next, in order to satisfy C1, w_(ij) ^(k) which does not reach the lowerbound is forcibly set as the lower bound (w_(ij) ^(k))^(lb), and thecorrected allocation weight vector is defined as Ŵ_(ij), and {circumflexover (K)}_(ij)=Ŵ_(ij)[Q_(ij) ^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(1/2).

Moreover, the matrix Q_(ij) is corrected and recorded as {circumflexover (Q)}_(ij) so that the matrix still satisfies the eigenvaluedefinition {circumflex over (K)}_(ij){circumflex over(Q)}_(ij)=β{circumflex over (K)}_(ij), where β_(ij) is a maximumeigenvalue of Q_(ij).

Then, Eigmaxv({circumflex over (Q)}_(ij)) is recalculated; and theelement forcibly set as the lower bound is fixed, normalized andrecorded as K_(ij)*, to obtain W_(ij)*=K_(ij)*[Q_(ij)^(d)(B_(ij),τ)]^(−1/2).

Finally, based on the weighting of the importance factor, W_(ij)* istransformed into W*, and the weighting coefficient is set asρ_(ij)=ξ_(i)α_(ij).

(4) Optimization of Time Division Factor

W is set as the equal-weight power allocation vector; B_(ij) is set asthe equal-weight receiving vector; the constant parametersχ_(ij)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i) ^(N)2MPη|WH_(kj) ^(H)|²|B_(ij)G_(kj) ^(i)|² andψ_(ij)=2MPη|WH_(ij) ^(H)|²|B_(ij)G_(ij) ^(i)|² are calculatedrespectively; and the optimization problem of the time division factoris simplified as

${\max\limits_{\tau}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}{\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{M}{\xi_{i}\frac{( {1 - \tau} )T}{M}{\log_{2}( {1 + \frac{\tau\psi_{ij}}{{\chi_{ij}\tau} + {{A( {1 - \tau} )}{❘B_{ij}❘}^{2}\sigma_{U}^{2}}}} )}}}}}\begin{matrix}{s.t.} & {\tau^{lb} \leq \tau < {1.}}\end{matrix}$

Then, the lower bound τ^(lb) of τ is calculated; the feasible region ofsolving is set as [τ^(lb),1); and the golden section search method isused for solving.

Joint optimization can be achieved by an alternating update algorithm:it is known that the receiving beam forming optimization can be solvedby the Rayleigh quotient theory; the power allocation weight can besolved by Rayleigh quotient and weighted approximation; and the timedivision factor can be determined based on the golden section searchalgorithm. According to the description in step 3, firstly, theremaining optimization variables are regarded as fixed values; theoptimal value of a variable is solved and the common parameter isupdated; then the remaining variables are optimized in sequenceaccording to the method; at this moment, an alternate optimization iscompleted; and the above process is repeated until the presetoptimization frequency or algorithm convergence is reached, to obtainthe final parameters of the solved joint optimization.

Each embodiment in the description is described in a progressive way.The difference of each embodiment from each other is the focus ofexplanation. The same and similar parts among all of the embodiments canbe referred to each other. For a device disclosed by the embodiments,because the device corresponds to a method disclosed by the embodiments,the device is simply described. Refer to the description of the methodpart for the related part.

The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilledin the art to realize or use the present invention. Many modificationsto these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Thegeneral principle defined herein can be realized in other embodimentswithout departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.Therefore, the present invention will not be limited to theseembodiments shown herein, but will conform to the widest scopeconsistent with the principle and novel features disclosed herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A wireless perception system energy andinformation transmission method of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)swarm, comprising the following steps: building a wireless perceptionsystem architecture based on autonomous and collaborative energy supplyof a UAV swarm, wherein the wireless perception system architecturecomprises K wireless powered sensors pre-arranged at perceptionpositions and a freely movable UAV swarm, the UAV swarm comprises NUAVs, and each perception subnet comprises a UAV and M sensors managedby the UAV; in the wireless perception system architecture, the UAVs areall provided with A antennas, and the sensors are only provided with asingle antenna due to limitations of size and cost; in the wirelessperception system architecture, when perception is required, the UAVswarm arrives at a designated region to perform wireless energytransmission and wireless information transmission on the sensors; eachtransmission process comprises two stages: the wireless energyharvesting (WEH) stage and the wireless information transmission (WIT)stage; based on the wireless perception system architecture,establishing a joint optimization model by combining a power allocationweight W, a receiving beam forming weight B and a time division factor τin the UAV swarm, and solving optimal system configuration to obtain anoptimal transmission strategy; maximizing the total throughput of asensor uplink under the constraints of data throughput in the UAV swarm;the joint optimization model is:${\max\limits_{W,B,\tau}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}{\xi_{i}{C_{i}( {W,B_{ij},\tau} )}}}}\begin{matrix}{{{{s.t.\text{}C}1:W} \pm W^{lb}},} \\{{{C2:{WW}^{H}} = 1},} \\{{C3:{B_{ij}}^{{^\circ}}\ 1_{1 \times A}},} \\{{C4:\tau^{lb}} \leq \tau < 1.}\end{matrix}$ where ξ_(i) is an importance factor and ξ_(i)>0; C_(i)(W,B_(ij), τ) is the total throughput in the i^(th) subnet; B_(ij) is areceiving beam forming weight vector; w_(i) ^(lb) is a lower bound of ani^(th) element of a power allocation weight vector W, W^(H) representsthe conjugate transpose of the vector TV; and τ^(lb) is a lower bound ofthe time division factor τ; C1, C2 and C3 are constraints; C1 is a datathroughput constraint in the UAV swarm; W^(lb)∈└^(1×N) is a vector withw_(i) ^(lb) as an element, and represents the lower bound of W; C2constrains the total power of the wireless energy harvesting (WEH) stageto be constant P; C3 means that the receiving beam forming weight cannotexceed 1 because there is no extra energy for signal amplification,where 1_(1×A) represents an all-1 vector of size 1×A; C4 limits theupper and lower bounds of the time division factor; the step of solvingoptimal system configuration comprises: S1. setting the maximum numberof optimizations and a convergence threshold, setting initial values ofTV, B and τ, and calculating a common parameter; S2. conducting optimalvalue search in a feasible region [τ^(lb), 1) through a golden sectionsearch algorithm to obtain an optimal solution τ* of the time divisionfactor, and updating the common parameter; optimizing W under a newcommon parameter to obtain an optimal solution W* of the powerallocation weight, and updating the common parameter; optimizing B undera new common parameter to obtain an optimal solution B* of the beamforming weight, and updating the common parameter; obtaining a new τ*again through the golden section search algorithm under a new commonparameter, and updating the common parameter; S3. repeating S2 until adifference between two adjacent optimizations is less than theconvergence threshold or reaches the maximum number of optimizations, toobtain final W*, B* and τ*.
 2. The wireless perception system energy andinformation transmission, method of the UAV swarm according to claim 1,wherein the sensors are awakened after receiving an energy signal, andbroadcast an access request to the UAV swarm after obtaining sufficientenergy; each UAV selects M=K/N sensors with a best channel state withina range, and broadcasts indexes of selected sensors in the swarm; forunselected sensors, the UAV with the best channel state is designated tobe responsible for information receiving; then, the remaining sensorsare distributed according to channel states to form perception subnets;each of the perception subnets comprises a UAV and M sensors managed bythe UAV; each UAV in the swarm shares the own state through a broadcastchannel to realize joint control of swarm transmission strategies; thesensors are operated in a half-duplex mode in f_(S) band and the UAV isoperated in a full-duplex mode in f_(U) band.
 3. The wireless perceptionsystem energy and information transmission method of the UAV swarmaccording to claim 1, wherein in the WEH stage, sensor energy harvestingand broadcast communication in the swarm are conducted; during theperiod, all UAVs adopt an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) technology, and broadcast own state information to other UAVnodes in the swarm at the same time; A antennas are equally divided intotransmitting antennas and receiving antennas to realize full-duplexcommunication; meanwhile, the sensors use radio frequency signalsradiated during communication in the UAV swarm for conducting energyharvesting for data transmission in the WIT stage; the WIT stage isdistributed to the sensors for uploading perception data, and thetransmission time of the WIT stage is equally divided into M time slots;and in the j^(th) time slot, the j^(th) sensors in all the subnetssimultaneously use the harvested energy to send perception, informationto corresponding UAVs, and realize point-to-point communication throughfixed channels.
 4. The wireless perception system energy and informationtransmission method of the UAV swarm according to claim 1, wherein thespecific contents of conducting optimal value search in a feasibleregion [τ^(lb),1) through a golden section search algorithm to obtain anoptimal solution τ* of the time division factor in S2 comprise: fixing Band W as constants, and making χ_(ij)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i) ^(N)2MPη|WH_(kj)^(H)|²|B_(ij)G_(kj) ^(i)|² and ψ_(ij)=2MPη|WH_(ij) ^(H)|²|B_(ij)G_(ij)^(i)|², then τ* is:${\max\limits_{\tau}{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}{\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{M}{\xi_{i}\frac{( {1 - \tau} )T}{M}{\log_{2}( {1 + \frac{\tau\psi_{ij}}{{\chi_{ij}\tau} + {{A( {1 - \tau} )}{❘B_{ij}❘}^{2}\sigma_{U}^{2}}}} )}}}}}{{s.t.\tau^{lb}} \leq \tau < {1.}}$where and χ_(ij) ψ_(ij) are intermediate variables used to simplifymathematical description; P is the total transmission power of the UAVswarm in the WEH stage; η is conversion efficiency and 0<η<1; H_(k)^(ij)∈└^(1×A/2) is a channel vector from the UAV k to the j^(th) sensorS_(ij) in the perception subnet i; and H_(ij)=[(H₁ ^(ij))^(H), (H₂^(ij))^(H), . . . , (H_(N) ^(ij))^(H)] represents a channel matrix fromthe UAV swarm to the sensor S_(ij).
 5. The wireless perception systemenergy and information transmission, method of the UAV swarm accordingto claim 1, wherein the specific contents of optimizing W under a newcommon parameter to obtain an optimal solution W* of the powerallocation weight in S2 comprise: fixing B and τ as constants, anddefining Q_(ij) ^(n)(B_(ij),τ)=Σ_(k=1) ^(N)2MPητ|B_(ij)G_(kj) ^(i)|²,|H_(kj)|²+A(1−τ)σ_(U) ²|B_(ij)|²I_(N) and Q_(ij)^(d)(B_(ij),τ)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i) ^(N)2MPητ|B_(ij)G_(kj)^(i)|²|H_(kj)|²+A(1−τ)σ_(U) ²|B_(ij)|²I_(N); then W* is:${\max\limits_{W}\frac{W{Q_{ij}^{n}( {B_{ij},\tau} )}W^{H}}{W{Q_{ij}^{d}( {B_{ij},\tau} )}W^{H}}}\begin{matrix}{{{{s.t.\text{}C}1:W} \pm W^{lb}},} \\{{C2:{WW}^{H}} = {1.}}\end{matrix}$ where G_(kj) ^(i)∈└^(A×1) is a channel vector from thesensor S_(kj) to the UAV i; H_(k) ^(ij)∈└^(1×A/2) is a channel vectorfrom the UAV k to the sensor in the perception subnet i; H_(ij)=[(H₁^(ij))^(H), (H₂ ^(ij))^(H), . . . , (H_(N) ^(ij))^(H)] represents achannel matrix from the UAV swarm to the sensor S_(ij); σ_(U) ² is thenoise power on the single antenna of the UAV; and I_(N) is an N-orderunit matrix.
 6. The wireless perception system energy and informationtransmission method of the UAV swarm according to claim 1, wherein thespecific contents of optimizing B under a new common parameter to obtainan optimal solution B* of the receiving beam forming weight in S2comprise: fixing W and τ as constants, defining D_(ij) ^(n)(W,τ)=Σ_(k=1)^(N)2MPητ|WH_(kj) ^(H)|²|G_(ij) ^(i)|²+A (1−τ)σ_(U) ²I_(A) and D_(ij)^(d)(W,τ)=Σ_(k=1,k≠i) ^(N)2MPητ|WH_(kj) ^(H)|²|G_(kj) ^(i)|²+A(1−τ)σ_(U)²I_(A) and then solving a maximum value of throughput C(B) to optimizereceiving beam, forming: C ⁡ ( B ) = ( 1 - τ ) ⁢ T M ⁢ ∑ i = 1 N ∑ j = 1 Mξ i ⁢ log 2 ⁢ ( B ij ⁢ D ij n ( W , τ ) ⁢ B ij H B ij ⁢ D ij d ( W , τ ) ⁢ Bij H ) where every logarithmic term is a generalized Rayleigh quotient;for the UAV i, when the data of the j^(th) sensor in the subnets isreceived, the receiving beam forming weight vector is expressed asB_(ij)∈└^(1×A); D_(ij) ^(n) and D_(ij) ^(d) are intermediate variablesused to simplify the mathematical description; the maximum value of C(B)is solved by solving the optimal solution of the vector B_(ij)respectively, namely:${\max\limits_{B_{ij}}\frac{B_{ij}{D_{ij}^{n}( {W,\tau} )}B_{ij}^{H}}{B_{ij}{D_{ij}^{d}( {W,\tau} )}B_{ij}^{H}}}{{s.t.C}1:{B_{ij}}^{{^\circ}}{1_{1xA}.}}$according to a Rayleigh quotient theory, the optimal solution of B_(ij)is obtained by solving an eigenvector corresponding to the maximumeigenvalue of the matrix D_(ij)=[D_(ij) ^(d) (W,τ)]⁻¹D_(ij) ^(n)(W,τ),and the calculation of solving the optimal solution of B_(ij) is definedas Eigmaxv(⋅) then B_(ij)*=Eigmaxv(D_(ij)) B_(ij)* is calculatedseparately to obtain each column in the matrix B*, to obtain B*.